SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT, SWIFT DEPLOYMENT

OF LIBERIA MULTINATIONAL FORCE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘BRUTAL MURDER’ OF UN POLICE OFFICER IN KOSOVO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is shocked and outraged at the killing of a United Nations police officer in an attack on a police vehicle in the northern part of Kosovo.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY PROSPECT OF EARLY

SIX-WAY TALKS ON KOREAN ISSUES

The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

AND NON-PROLIFERATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PEOPLE OF HIROSHIMA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Peace Memorial Ceremony, on 6 August in Hiroshima, Japan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRATIFIED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL’S SUPPORT FOR WESTERN SAHARA

PEACE PLAN, INVITES PARTIES TO ‘ACT CONSTRUCTIVELY’

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is gratified that the Security Council has adopted a resolution expressing its clear and strong support for his efforts and those of his Personal Envoy, James A. Baker III, and for the peace plan.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 30 JULY 2003

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen.  We have just finished a meeting between the United Nations and some of the world’s leading regional organizations.  We have these meetings every now and then, and this one has been particularly interesting and valuable.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO PERSIST WITH EFFORTS

TO BRING NEPALESE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES MEETING WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPS

‘NEW VISION OF GLOBAL SECURITY’ TO FACE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth high-level meeting of the United Nations and Regional Organizations, held at Headquarters today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL TEAM

FOR LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO UN CHILDREN’S FUND

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered by his wife, Nane Annan, to the Manchester United soccer clinic held today at United Nations Headquarters to celebrate the “United for UNICEF” partnership, which has raised more than 1 million pounds for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) purposes around the world since 1999:

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RICH AND INTEGRAL PART OF HUMAN TAPESTRY, HAVE MUCH

TO BE PROUD OF, MUCH TO TEACH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, which will be observed on 9 August: